Santa Clara County Biographies


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H. A. DE LACY
 
            The City Item was established by H. A. De Lacy, in 1883.  Its name 
was changed, in 1885, to the Evening News, which name it still bears.
            The projector of the is journal, Mr. H. A. De Lacy, was born in New 
Orleans, September 23, 1845. He came to California in 1862, and went to work at 
the New Almaden mines as engineer.  In 1865 he came to San Jose and engaged in 
the business of carpenter and builder for several years.  In 1870 he was 
appointed deputy sheriff, where he developed great skill as a detective officer. 
 After his term expired as deputy sheriff, he was appointed on the police force 
of San Jose, and was afterward elected constable of the township.  In 1872 he 
published the Reporter, but discontinued it in order to devote his whole time to 
his professional duties.  But he had developed a taste for journalism that could 
not be wiped out, and in 1883 he established the City Item, intending to make it 
small and do all the work himself.  However, it met with such success that he 
was compelled to enlarge it and secure assistance in his work.  Mr. C. W. 
Williams, a young man of great business ability, was taken in as a partner and 
assumed the business management of the enterprise, Mr. De Lacy confining himself 
entirely to the editorial department.  This was a strong combination, and its 
effect was immediately apparent.  The business rapidly increased, and the paper 
has been enlarged no less than six times during the five years of its existence. 
 In 1885 the name was changed to the Evening News, which name it now bears.
 
Pen Pictures From The Garden of the World or Santa Clara County, California, 
Illustrated. - Edited by H. S. Foote.- Chicago:  The Lewis Publishing Company, 
1888.
Pg. 105
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler